Zechariah 9

World English Bible

Yahweh’s word is against the land of Hadrach,
    and will rest upon Damascus;
for the eye of man
    and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh;
² and Hamath, also, which borders on it;
    Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
³ Tyre built herself a stronghold,
    and heaped up silver like the dust,
    and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
⁴ Behold, the Lord will dispossess her,
    and he will strike her power in the sea;
    and she will be devoured with fire.
⁵ Ashkelon will see it, and fear;
    Gaza also, and will writhe in agony;
    as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed;
    and the king will perish from Gaza,
    and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
⁶ Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod,
    and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
⁷ I will take away his blood out of his mouth,
    and his abominations from between his teeth;
and he also will be a remnant for our God;
    and he will be as a chieftain in Judah,
    and Ekron as a Jebusite.
⁸ I will encamp around my house against the army,
    that no one pass through or return;
    and no oppressor will pass through them any more:
    for now I have seen with my eyes.
⁹ Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
    Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King comes to you!
    He is righteous, and having salvation;
    lowly, and riding on a donkey,
    even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
¹⁰ I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,
    and the horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow will be cut off;
    and he will speak peace to the nations:
    and his dominion will be from sea to sea,
    and from the River to the ends of the earth.
¹¹ As for you also,
    because of the blood of your covenant,
    I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
¹² Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope!
    Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
¹³ For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me.
    I have filled the bow with Ephraim;
and I will stir up your sons, Zion,
    against your sons, Greece,
    and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
¹⁴ Yahweh will be seen over them;
    and his arrow will flash like lightning;
    and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet,
    and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
¹⁵ Yahweh of Armies will defend them;
    and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones;
    and they will drink, and roar as through wine;
    and they will be filled like bowls,
    like the corners of the altar.
¹⁶ Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people;
    for they are like the jewels of a crown,
    lifted on high over his land.
¹⁷ For how great is his goodness,
    and how great is his beauty!
Grain will make the young men flourish,
    and new wine the virgins.